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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Update from Papua New Guinea - The Tanners

October 23rd, 2011

Dear Friends,

We have been back in Papua New Guinea for 3
months now. As we look back and see the road God paved before us to get
us back to PNG, once again, we stand in awe that we have such an amazing God
who not only loves us, but does beyond amazing things to accomplish His
plan. It has been hard adjusting to being back, however, we are finally
getting used to thing again. Some of the things that I’ve struggled with
are silly, like creepy crawly things in my lettuce, cockroaches hiding amongst
my bananas, and trucks barreling over giant potholes on the road in front of
our house, making such a loud noise that it wakes me from my sleep.

Recently another one of the tribes we’ve been
working in heard the gospel for the first time! Here is a picture of some
of the Siar people who have just begun their walk with God.You can pray for them now, and then meet them
one day in heaven!

Our family is doing well. Tom is involved
in a variety of things this year, from helping out our fellow missionary’s with
cultural issues, to working with the missionary teens on center, as well as
keeping our center a safe place to live by overseeing our security team.
The boys are working hard in school. Brett is attending the high school
located on center for our missionary kids. He’s enjoying sports and
riding his motorcycle.JWes is being home schooled
and is currently enjoying that more than being in the classroom. Both of
the boys are working on learning the national language, Melanesian Pidgin.

Thank you so much for supporting the work of
bringing the gospel to the tribal people here in Papua New Guinea.

Sincerely,

Tom & Melanie Tanner

“For the Lord is God, and he created
the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to
be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. “I am the Lord”, he says,
“and there is no other. I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not
whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I would not have told the people of
Israel to seek me if I could not be found. I, the Lord, speak only what is true
and declare only what is right.” -